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The Latest: Hezbollah denounces Trump 'deal of shame'
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration's release of its Mideast peace plan (all times local): 9:55 p.m. Hezbollah has denounced what it labeled as “the deal of shame” announced by “the savage Trump administration.” In a statement issued in Beirut Tuesday, the...
The Latest: UK updates China travel advice amid outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the outbreak of a new virus from China that has sickened thousands of people and killed more than 100 (all times local): 3:45 a.m. The British government is warning against “all but essential travel” to mainland China amid the outbreak of a new virus. The Foreign...
Review finds heavy use of commando forces led to ethics slip
WASHINGTON (AP) — Episodic misconduct and ethical lapses among U.S. special operations forces, like the Navy SEALs and Army Green Berets, stem from a culture that puts too much emphasis on fighting and too little on developing good leaders, an in-depth review has concluded. This imbalance has evolved from...
Budget deficit to break $1 trillion despite strong economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — An annual congressional report says the U.S. budget deficit is likely to burst through the symbolic $1 trillion barrier this year despite a healthy economy. Tuesday's Congressional Budget Office report follows a burst of new spending last year and the repeal in December of several taxes...
Netanyahu to push West Bank annexation plan on Sunday
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman says the Israeli leader will ask his Cabinet on Sunday to approve his plan to annex parts of the West Bank. Jonathan Urich made the announcement on Twitter late Tuesday, shortly after Netanyahu joined President Donald Trump for the unveiling...
Bad timing: New virus poses threat to fragile world economy
This should be peak season for a 12-room hotel near the train station in the Chinese industrial hub of Wuhan. The Chinese New Year usually brings in plenty of travelers and delivers profits of around $3,000 a month. But the place is empty. Wuhan, the center of a deadly viral outbreak, is on lockdown....
In snub to US, Britain will allow Huawei in 5G networks
LONDON (AP) — Britain decided Tuesday to let Chinese tech giant Huawei have a limited role supplying new high-speed network equipment to wireless carriers, ignoring the U.S. government's warnings that it would sever intelligence sharing if the company was not banned. Britain's decision is the first by a...
Stocks move higher on Wall Street a day after a big drop
Stocks moved broadly higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Tuesday, reversing most of the indexes' losses from a sell-off the day before. The gains placed the market on track to snap a two-day skid fueled by fears that the spread of a new virus in China could hamper global ecomomic growth. The rebound comes...
In grinding manufacturing slump, 3M cuts another 1,500 jobs
A profound slump in manufacturing and a trade war that has slowed economic growth in China has led to a second round of layoffs at 3M, the Minnesota company that, in addition to Post-it notes, makes industrial coatings and ceramics. The 1,500 job cuts come on top of the 2,000 jobs the company trimmed less than a...
'Like I'm trapped': Africans in China lockdown see no escape
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The normally bustling supermarket in Wuhan was deserted, looking more foreign than ever. Khamis Hassan Bakari walked the aisles and saw just two other shoppers, and fear sank in. “Everybody is scared. Scared of seeing anyone,” the 39-year-old Tanzanian doctor said, as...
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